Excursion vs. Excursionist

A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.

Example: ‘While driving home I took an excursion and saw some deer.’;

A wandering from the main subject: a digression.

(intransitive) To go on a recreational trip or excursion.

A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally.

Example: ‘Far on excursion toward the gates of hell.’; ‘They would make excursions and waste the country.’;

A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country.

A wandering from a subject; digression.

Example: ‘I am not in a scribbling mood, and shall therefore make no excursions.’;

Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]

a journey taken for pleasure;

Example: ‘many summer excursions to the shore’; ‘it was merely a pleasure trip’; ‘after cautious sashays into the field’;

wandering from the main path of a journey

An excursion is a trip by a group of people, usually made for leisure, education, or physical purposes. It is often an adjunct to a longer journey or visit a place, sometimes for other (typically work-related) purposes.

A person who goes on an excursion; a traveller or tourist

One who goes on an excursion, or pleasure trip.

a tourist who is visiting sights of interest